Usage Note
Vaccinazione derives from vaccino (vaccine), which itself comes from Latin vacca (cow), after Jenner's use of cowpox. It is always feminine: la vaccinazione obbligatoria (the mandatory vaccination). The plural le vaccinazioni is regular.
Examples
"La vaccinazione contro il morbillo è raccomandata."
Natural Translation
Vaccination against measles is recommended.
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